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TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

GAELIC SOCIETY

OF

DUBLIN,

ESTABLISHED

FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND REVIVAL

OF

ANCIENT IRISH LITERATURE,

CONTAINING AN ADVERTISEMENT, EXHIBITING THE VIEWS OF
THE ASSOCIATION; THE LAWS FOR THE REGULATION OF THE
SOCIETY; INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS ON THE GAELI
LANGUAGE WITH SEVERAL IMPORTANT TRACTS IN

THE ORIGINAL GAELIC OR IRISH, LITERALLY
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH; ACCOMPA-

NIED WITH NOTES AND OBSERVA-
TIONS; SOME OF THE POETRY

ASCRIBED TO OISING

&c. &c. &c.

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VOL. I.

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PRINTED BY JOHN BARLOW, 29, BOLTON-STREET,

PRINTER TO THE SOCIETY,

1808.

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ADVERTISEMENT.

THE Friends of Literature, and of Ireland, are invited to join an Institution, whose purpose is to preserve and cultivate a Language the most ancient, copious, and elegant of Europe; by far the best preserved from the changes and corruptions incident to other Languages." Where the Language of any ancient Nation is attainable, a Criterion is discovered for distinguishing accurately the more remarkable features in the National Character. Should the Dialect be found destitute of the general Rules of grammatical Construc